Two Melbourne officers stuck with needles during arrest

1:07 PM,
Jul. 8, 2013

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Two Melbourne police officers were stuck with hypodermic needles when they struggled to arrest a suspected prostitute on Sunday.

Officers spotted two women flagging down cars - a "common way to solicit for prostitution," a report says - about 10:15 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 1 near Roosevelt Avenue in South Melbourne. When police stopped to talk to the women, one gave a name officers determined was fake.

A police report says as officers were at the scene trying to find out the woman's true identity, the woman began resisting officers, punching them and scratching at them. Eventually the woman, later ...